October 30, 20214 yr No. Points scored by Colorado against: Texas A&M - 7 Minnesota - 0 ASU - 13 USC - 14 Cal - 3 Oregon - 21 with a quarter to go... Glad to see the our offense is really clicking! Edited October 30, 20214 yr by deschutesduck
October 30, 20214 yr No. Oregon's defense is terrible. Allowing 4 touchdowns vs Colorado? aTm held them to 7 points. Minnesota blanked them. Arizona State held them to 13 points. USC held them to 14 points. California held them to a field goal... And Oregon lets them score four touchdowns! 😡 *Edit deschutesduck and I agree Edited October 30, 20214 yr by Krsmqn
October 30, 20214 yr Moderator No. On 10/30/2021 at 3:53 PM, C J said: And this is how you miss the playoffs. Letting up and making it seem like a much closer game then it should be. The 2nd or 3rd string defense did not look good on the last two Colorado possessions. You can't have it both ways. If you want the back-ups to get experience, they have to play. If they don't play, people yell and scream that they're not getting playing time.
October 30, 20214 yr No. We poached DeRuyter from Cal right? Can we return him to Cal and trade up for their current DC?
October 30, 20214 yr No. Wasnt as nice as I thought it could be but we are 4-1 in the PAC. Defense needs 4 Quarters not just a couple.
October 30, 20214 yr Moderator No. Backup defensive players got a lot of PT in this game; that at least partly explains Colorado's 29 points. Keeping your top defenders off the field if they're not needed is simply the prudent thing to do, especially given the Ducks' injury situation. You don't want to risk another hurt player to keep one or two meaningless touchdowns off the board. And, the backups get playing time.
October 30, 20214 yr Moderator No. WOW! Harsh! Yeah the D gave up a lot of points but the D, for once, did not have its back to the wall in the 4th Q. As to DeRuyter, he is doing his best but he was never all that as a HC and no better than slightly above average as a DC. Look, today we could be Michigan fans? Michigan and its coaching staff kicked that game to the curb. Without anything going nuts later tonight I see the Committee coming with 1 UGA, 2 Michigan State (SOS really helped by Miami's win at Pitt today,) 3 Alabama (just because it's sweet home Alabama,), 4 Oklahoma, 5 Cincinnati, 6 Oregon and 7 Ohio State?
October 30, 20214 yr Moderator No. Looks like the offense is starting to jell. 52 points is a good game. Am I correct in that I can't recall our offense having to punt! IMHO it looks like the coaches felt they could beat Colorado with a plain vanilla defense. Too many yards allowed. 29 points allowed that should've been 0. A glass half full game! Offense improved and much better. Defense frustrating! Playing prevent-bend-not-break (but let them score)! I personally would not like to play so passively! But a Win is a Win!
October 30, 20214 yr No. On 10/30/2021 at 4:23 PM, Jon Joseph said: Yeah the D gave up a lot of points but the D, for once, did not have its back to the wall in the 4th Q. The offense playing well today helped. Otherwise, the defense prolly would have had their backs against the wall in the 4th.
October 30, 20214 yr No. On 10/30/2021 at 1:23 PM, Jon Joseph said: As to DeRuyter, he is doing his best but he was never all that as a HC and no better than slightly above average as a DC. His best isn't good enough, for a team with championship aspirations.
October 30, 20214 yr No. On 10/30/2021 at 1:28 PM, Krsmqn said: The offense playing well today helped. Otherwise, the defense prolly would have had their backs against the wall in the 4th. If the offense struggled like they have in the past, the Ducks would have lost this game, with the defense not showing up.
October 30, 20214 yr Administrator No. Like all the games--there are lots of items we would like to see improved. There is a lot to like on offense from today's game, and I am still confident in the defense when the clutch situations occur in the future. We won by 23 points...and I had predicted a spread of 22 points (38-16) and while I wish the defense did not give up so much--I am delighted to see more scoring today. Mr. OBD
October 30, 20214 yr Moderator No. If, if, if...the only game the Ducks were playing today was this one, not some hypothetical other game in which other things could have happened. And they won, convincingly. Seems pretty good to me. Edited October 30, 20214 yr by jrw
October 31, 20214 yr No. On 10/30/2021 at 5:02 PM, Confused said: Go Penn State! This is a tough one because we want our SOS to be as strong as possible, yet if tOSU wins out, they might jump us(assuming we win out, too) in the final CFP rankings. Edited October 31, 20214 yr by Krsmqn
October 31, 20214 yr Moderator No. On 10/30/2021 at 5:08 PM, Krsmqn said: yet if tOSU wins out, they might jump us(assuming we win out, too) in the final CFP rankings. Right now it looks like beating tOSU isn't enough to get the Ducks ahead of them, though Chris Petersen thought they should be.
October 31, 20214 yr No. Some random thoughts... The O breaks out for 32 first downs! Cardwell reminds me of Tyner. I'm excited to see more. I don't recall watching a TD pass thrown while a Buffalo was twisting a Duck's webfoot. Another 4 4th down attempts against the Ducks. I'm wondering if the Ducks have ever had to face so many 4th down attempts in a season. I think the D needs to do a better job of getting the opponent's offense off the field before they reach Duck territory. Go Ducks!
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